“Our index was compiled using the criteria that matter most to healthcare innovators. In addition to collecting data in three practice categories — corporate, intellectual property and regulatory —we also incorporated information on the firms’ work with startup companies, as well as their thought leadership efforts in order to generate the index scores (a perfect score is 100).”

“There are plenty of legal rankings out there. But there are few that address which law firms are the most active and relevant for life science companies. We’ll rank three categories — corporate, intellectual property and regulatory — and combine those ratings for a final score.”